Orbital Assembly Corporation
Above: Space Development Corporation (formerly Orbital Assembly Corporation)[1] is an American aeropace company that has announced several widely publicized plans to build various space stations. As of 2024[update], no funding for the projects has been announced and construction of the stations has not started.
The Voyager Space Station or Voyager Station is a proposed rotating wheel space station, planned to start construction in 2026. The space station aims to be the first commercial space hotel.[2][3]
It is proposed that the SpaceX Starship could be used to shuttle space tourists to the Voyager Station, which would accommodate 280 guests and 112 crew members. The cost of a trip to the station has not been officially published, but some estimates are that it would be approximately US$5 million, and would require the passengers to undergo safety and physical training before boarding the shuttle for a 3+1⁄2 day trip to the space station.[2] The cost of the space station has been estimated to be in the "tens of billions".[4] Voyager Station would have partial artificial gravity from its rotation to maintain lunar gravity—approximately 1⁄6 of Earth's gravity.[2]
Orbital Assembly has also announced a smaller Pioneer Station[5] that can house only 28 people but could be operational earlier.[6]
See also
- Gateway Spaceport
- List of space stations
References
- ^ "About Above Space". Above Space.
- ^ a b c Compton, Natalie B. (3 March 2021). "A vacation that's out of this world: The first space hotel is set to start construction by 2026". The Washington Post. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ Bergan, Brad (30 January 2021). "Company of NASA Stars Building Orbital Space Hotel With Artificial Gravity". Interesting Engineering. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ Mackenzie, A. J. "The enduring fantasy of space hotels". The Space Review. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ^ "Pioneer Station". abovespace.com.
- ^ Francesca Street (2 May 2022). "Inside the space hotel scheduled to open in 2025". CNN. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
External links
- Orbital Assembly
- Mansij, Asthana (9 February 2021). "What Is So Special About NASA Veterans' Space Station Project In Low-Earth Orbit?". The Eurasian Times. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- Spry, Jeff (26 February 2021). "Company plans to start building private Voyager space station with artificial gravity in 2025". Space.com. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- Coffey, Helen (3 March 2021). "World's first space hotel plans to open in 2027". The Independent. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- Pilar, Patricia (1 March 2021). "Voyager Space Station will have artificial gravity and begins construction in 2025". Ineews. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
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Space stations and settlements
- International Space Station (ISS)
- Tiangong space station (TSS)
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- Bharatiya Antariksha Station
- Japanese Space Station Module (Mitsui)
- Lunar Orbital Station
- Voyager Station
- List of films featuring space stations
- Space stations and habitats in fiction
- Mission to Mir (1997 documentary)
- Space Station 3D (2002 documentary)
- Orphans of Apollo (2008 documentary)
- Space Tourists (2009 documentary)
- A Beautiful Planet (2016 documentary)
Notes: † Never inhabited due to launch or on-orbit failure, ‡ Part of the Almaz military program, ° Never inhabited, lacks docking mechanism.
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